Spanish conquistador, Herman Cortes, once opined that the Spanish had “a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.” Do today’s gold investors also have a sickness of the heart that only a rising fiat exchange price can cure?…
– U.S. Navy collisions: More than a coincidence? – Latest U.S. Navy collision is fourth involving a Seventh Fleet warship this year – Have US Navy vessels become victims of hacking asks Rickards – Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. John Richardson, has…
Successful adaptation requires a willingness to accept the risks of experimentation, innovation, flexibility and failure. The idea that the pace of change in technology, the economy and society is accelerating is increasingly self-evident. That this acceleration exceeds our built-in ability to…
The stage is set and the music is blaring the tune “Immediate price surge” Haven’t seen the charts this bullish in the short term for a while, and haven’t felt this bullish in a while either. The bears do look…
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain tech have slowly but steadily earned their place in many technological verticals and contributed to high-level disruption in these industries. However, when it comes to their day to day applications in real life, they are yet to…
– Gold price up over 100% in major currencies since financial crisis – Has outperformed majority of equity and bonds – Global debt continues to increase despite claims of ‘recovery’ – Gold remains an important safe-haven in long term Gold prices…
We discuss the Trump administration starting some trade wars – from renegotiating Nafta to looking at China’s treatment of ‘intellectual property’. We also discuss the trillions in unexploited mineral resources in North Korea. In the second half Max interviews Dan…
It turns out Nero wasn’t fiddling as Rome burned–he was 60 km away at the time. Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? The story has become short-hand for making light of a catastrophe, either out of self-interest (one theory had…
When it comes, change happens swiftly. And life after — for better or worse — is forever different. For those who put off taking advance action, it may be simply “too late” in a number of scenarios should the status…
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin visits Fort Knox Gold Later tweeted ‘Glad gold is safe!’ Only the third Treasury Secretary to visit the fortified vault, last visit was 1948 Last Congressional visit was 1974 Speculation over existence of gold in…
Remember the “Russians hacked our election!” hysteria–or have you already forgotten? That entire narrative collapsed under a deluge of factual evidence that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) data release was an insider job, and a compelling lack of evidence of any…
The Sage of Omaha’s adage is “it’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” Editor: Mark O’Byrne But for Warren Buffett the current environment doesn’t appear to be offering…
Max and Stacy discuss subprime auto leases running over Uber. Max continues his interview with Stephen Baldwin about plans for the Great American Pilgrimage across America in an RV, looking to meet the people overlooked by mainstream television media.
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Weekend fun: read “Maya Dragonglass Derivatives.” Daenerus would not have approved the Maya method of mitigating counterparty risk.